Introduction Information resources have constantly been regarded as the lifeblood of any individual and organization. Unarguably, it is the fifth factor of production after land, capital, labour and entrepreneurship. Hence, its significance in keeping learning afloat during the current COVID-19 or Coronavirus pandemic (a large family of RNA viruses that infect birds and many mammals including humans, causing illness that ranges from the common cold to more severe respiratory diseases). While the pandemic has ravaged the world and shaken many organizations resulting in downsizing and pay cuts. Many libraries and information centres are not left out of this ugly trend (Aflia, 2020). During the first half of 2020, academic libraries across the world have been addressing unprecedented challenges brought on by COVID-19. A large number of these libraries, due to national legislation or institutional decision, had to close their doors and offer virtual services. Academic libraries have been reinventing their services to meet the teaching, learning, and research needs. Libraries around the world are facing hard choices around which services to offer, due to the restrictions in social distance. We are aware that governments themselves are taking different approaches, sometimes ordering the closure of all institutions, others indicating that life should continue as usual, and others simply leaving decisions up to library directors. In light of the above Skyline University Nigeria Library during the first wave of Covid-19 Era, joined the queue of other libraries in developed countries by providing virtual services to their patrons. The Coronavirus Pandemic may have caused many Public and Private institutions of higher learning to close in Nigeria and the World at large, but, has been an inspiring journey to see the level of creativity and dedication that Skyline University Nigeria’s Library have shown in the steps to continue service to its academic community beyond the four walls of the University’s library. The library has expanded access to e-resources such as e-Books, e-Journals, Video clips etc. Equally, the library has extensively mobilized its staff in organising relevant Webinars for effective information dissemination. The webinars were presented in 4-series and certificate of participation were shared among the participants which cut across several countries. 1. The first Webinar Series of Skyline University Nigeria Library was in collaboration with the National Digital Library of India. It was a live webinar with the theme ‘User Awareness of National Digital Library of India” which was conducted on Friday, 5th June 2020. This was part of the SUN library’s mandate to improve digital library opportunities and awareness in a global platform, to increase consumer education around information and resources as well as to develop community partnerships to broaden the scope of a digital library. The event was aimed primarily to improve the usage and impact of the digital library system into the mindset of Faculty, Librarians, Researchers, Students etc. The host presenters are Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti – Principal Investigator – NDLI, Dr Vignesh Sornamohan – Chief Strategic & Outreach Officer – NDLI and Prof Partha Pratim Das – Join Principal Investigator – NDLI. The webinar had in attendance of over 167 participants including some high profile dignitaries from both Government and Private sectors as well as Universities and Polytechnics across Nigeria. 2. The second webinar was organized and conducted on Friday 10th July 2020. The webinar with the theme, ‘Journal Selection Considerations: Complexities and Solutions for Researchers’ was aimed at developing the concept, rationale, and purposes of an academic journal; it also includes the strategies on how to identify aims, scope, relevance and recognition of an academic journal and why there is a need to understand all these before submission; The Webinar was presented by renowned scholar Prof. Muhammad Kashif of GIFT University. The webinar featured over 196 participants (Sun, 2020). 3. The third webinar series was in collaboration with Elsevier and it was conducted on Tuesday 13th October 2020. The webinar has the theme, ‘Writing without Plagiarism and Proper Citations using Mendeley’ and was presented by Mr Khalid Shalan, who is a Core Research Consultant for Elsevier. The webinar was aimed to give a general overview of Elsevier Content and comprehensively discussed the effect of plagiarism and how to properly create citation by using Mendeley. The webinar featured over 150 participants from diverse academic and professional background (Sun, 2020). 4. The fourth webinar series was with the theme, ‘Digital Transformation Decoded: e-Library for Today and Tomorrow’. It was a collaboration with SUN Library and Knimbus – digital library company. The event was conducted on Wednesday 28th October 2020 and the host presenter of the webinar was Mr Vankatesh – Manager, Training and Customer of Knimbus and Mr Anurag – Senior Manager, Inside Sales. The overall presentation examines the growing imperative for Digital Library with remote access, virtual classrooms, web portal, mobile app (iOS & Android) virtual labs in the provision of successful research support services. The webinar featured over 93 participants from diverse academic and professional backgrounds. Conclusion  The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated sudden and radical changes in the delivery of library services, as strict social distancing and lockdown measures were imposed by Nigerian Government in the early phases of the first wave of the pandemic. The Internet and web technologies have created a new and unparalleled environment which enables SUN Library to enhance and strengthen the research, teaching and learning of the University through the online Webinar during the first wave of Covid 19. Skyline University Nigeria Library been the first International Private University in North-Western part of Nigeria has changed the narratives by providing the current trends which goes with International standard of other libraries in developed countries. References Aflia, (2020). African Library and information asscoiation and institutions. Retrieved from https://web.aflia.net/underscoring-the-importance-of-information-marketing-as-a-vital-skill-by-librarians-in-post-covid-19-era/ November 2nd Dadhe, P. P. (2020). Library Services  Provided During During COVID-19 Pandemic: Content andemic: Content. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). Retrieved from  https://www.ifla.org/covid-19-and-libraries#understanding  Sun, (2020). Skyline University Nigeria’s Library (SUNL) Holds 2nd Webinar Series. Kano, Nigeria. Retrieved from Skyline University Nigeria’s Library (SUNL) January 15) https://sun.edu.ng/news/skyline-university-nigeria-s-library-sunl-holds-2nd-webinar-series. Sun, (2020). Skyline University Nigeria

Running automobiles on pure water has been a dream of mankind. A water-fueled car is an automobile that hypothetically derives its energy directly from the water. Water-fuelled cars have been the subject of numerous international patents, newspaper, and popular science magazine articles, local television news coverage, and websites. These vehicles may be claimed to produce fuel from the water on board with no other energy input or may be a hybrid claiming to derive some of its energy from water in addition to a conventional source (such as gasoline). However, many of these claims and devices have been found to be pseudoscience [1]. Water is fully oxidized hydrogen. Hydrogen itself is a high-energy, flammable substance, but its useful energy is released when water is formed. Water will not burn. The process of electrolysis can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, but it takes as much energy to take apart a water molecule as was released when the hydrogen was oxidized to form water. Some energy would be lost in converting water to hydrogen and then burning the hydrogen because some waste heat would always be produced in the conversions. Releasing chemical energy from water, in excess or in equal proportion to the energy required to facilitate such production, would therefore violate the first or second law of thermodynamics. According to the currently accepted laws of physics, there is no way to extract chemical energy from water alone. Water itself is highly stable—it was one of the classical elements and contains very strong chemical bonds. Its enthalpy of formation is negative (-68.3 kcal/mol or -285.8 kJ/mol), meaning that energy is required to break those stable bonds, to separate water into its elements, and there are no other compounds of hydrogen and oxygen with more negative enthalpies of formation, meaning that no energy can be released in this manner either [2]. Most proposed water-fuelled cars rely on some form of electrolysis to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen and then recombine them to release energy; however, because the energy required to separate the elements will always be at least as great as the useful energy released, this cannot be used to produce net energy. At least as far back as 1980, Stanley Meyer claimed that he had built a dune vehicle that ran on water, although he gave inconsistent explanations as to its mode of operation. In 2002, the firm Hydrogen Technology Applications patented an electrolyser design and trademarked the term “Aquygen” to refer to the hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture produced by the device. Originally developed as an alternative to oxyacetylene welding, the company claimed to be able to run a vehicle exclusively on water, via the production of “Aquygen.” At present, the company no longer claims it can run a car exclusively on water and is instead marketing “Aquygen” production as a technique to increase fuel efficiency. Also in 2002, Genesis World Energy announced a market-ready device which would extract energy from water by separating the hydrogen and oxygen and then recombining them. In 2003, the company announced that this technology had been adapted to power automobiles. The company collected over $2.5 million from investors, but none of their devices were ever brought to market. In June 2008, Japanese company Genepax unveiled a car it claimed ran on only water and air, and many news outlets dubbed the vehicle a “water-fuel car”. The company did not reveal the core part of this invention but it disclosed that the system used an onboard energy generator, which it called a “membrane electrode assembly”, to extract the hydrogen. Also in 2008, Sri Lankan news sources reported that Thushara Priyamal Edirisinghe claimed to drive a water-fuelled car about 300 km (190 miles) on 3 liters of water. Like other alleged water-fuelled cars described above, energy for the car was supposedly produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electrolysis and then burning the gases in the engine. Thushara was arrested a few months later on suspicion of investment fraud [3]. In December 2011, Pakistani doctor Ghulam Sarwar claimed he had invented a car that ran only on water. At the time the invented car was claimed to use 60% water and 40% Diesel. Many such claims of using water as fuel have resonated across the globe from time to time. However, as of today, we are yet to find a cost-effective method to harvest hydrogen from water and use it as fuel. On the other hand, some progress has been made on the use of hydrogen as a fuel. As of 2019, there are three models of hydrogen cars publicly available in select markets: the Toyota Mirai, the world’s first mass-produced dedicated fuel cell electric vehicle, the Hyundai Nexo, and the Honda Clarity. Several other companies are working to develop hydrogen cars [4]. As of 2019, 98% of hydrogen is produced by steam methane reforming, which emits carbon dioxide. The drawbacks of hydrogen use are high carbon emissions intensity when produced from natural gas, capital cost burden, low energy content per unit volume at ambient conditions, production and compression of hydrogen, the investment required in filling stations to dispense hydrogen, transportation of hydrogen to filling stations and lack of ability to produce or dispense hydrogen at home. Students at IIT Roorkee, India have developed a new electric car prototype that runs on water and aluminum, instead of fuel or electricity. The car is powered by water and an aluminum plate. The car can run 1,000 km on a single charge. It requires a liter of water every 300 km. Once the 1,000-km mark is crossed, one would need to change the aluminum plate that may take 15 minutes. As of now, these plates cost Rs. 5,000 but are likely to get cheaper in the future as demand goes up [5]. Another car mechanic Mohammad Raees Markani from Madhya Pradesh, India has invented a car that runs on water. The car runs on acetylene gas, which is formed from a chemical reaction between calcium carbide

Among compounds of natural origin, biological activities have been shown by essential oils from aromatic and medicinal plants and have received particular attention because of their radical-scavenging properties [De Sousa Barros A, et al]. Plant extracts and essential oils possess antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral properties and have been screened on a global scale as potential sources of novel antimicrobial compounds, agents promoting food preservation, and alternatives to treat infectious diseases [Safaei et al 2010, Astani et al 2010]. Essential oils have been reported to possess significant antiseptic, antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, anti-parasitic, antifungal, and insecticidal activities. Therefore, essential oils can serve as a powerful tool to reduce the bacterial resistance [M.K et al 2013]. Essential oils (also called volatile oils) are aromatic oily liquids obtained from plant materials (flowers, buds, seeds, leaves, twigs, bark, herbs, wood, fruits and roots). They can be obtained by expression, fermentation or extraction but the method of steam distillation is most commonly used for commercial production. An estimated 3000 essential oils are known, of which 300 are commercially important in fragrance market. Essential oils are complex mixers comprising many single compounds. Chemically they are derived from terpenes and their oxygenated compounds. Each of these constituents contributes to the beneficial or adverse effects [Vande et al]. In the research about antimicrobial activity, the action mechanism and potential use of volatile plant oils have received prominence in recent decades in parallel with advances in traditional approaches to protecting the health of humans, animals and food against the presence of pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms. Thus, investigations on the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts against different pathogens have been performed worldwide (Dorman and Deans 2000). The study conducted on four commercially available essential oils (Eucalyptus, peppermint, tea tree and Lavender) revealed that their antibacterial properties vary depending on the concentration used and the presence of secondary metabolites. The highest activity was observed with Eucalyptus on Staphylococcus spp at 50% concentration. This result is in accordance with the work of Traoré et al., who tested the antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Eucalyptus citriodora and Eucalyptus houseana by agar diffusion method. They found that they have some activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli; in addition, they are active against Candida albicans. Therefore, Essential oils have great medicinal benefits as they contain the essence of herbs and flowers in concentrated form. The aroma molecules are very potent organic plant chemicals that make the surroundings free from disease, bacteria, virus and fungus. 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